Large carnivores have been declining in North America since the arrival of the first European settlers. The ranges of these species contracted drastically as human civilization advanced farther across the continent.

WildEarth Guardians is dedicated to the restoration and protection of native carnivores throughout their range in the American West. Well known carnivores such as wolves, grizzly bears and coyotes--as well as lesser known carnivores such as kit fox and

WildEarth Guardians' BioBlitz, an eight-week long initiative to push the Interior Department to more aggressively respond to the biodiversity crisis, continues this week with "On the Prowl Week," featuring actions to protect select carnivores in North

As human populations expand and wild carnivore populations recover in parts of our country, there is a growing need to develop both a better understanding of how to prevent conflicts with wild carnivores, as well as tools for living harmoniously with

When the Maasai Preservation Trust set up some camera-traps by the carcass of a Fringe-Eared Oryx with the goal of capturing photographs of our local hyena clan, and to build up an idea of the numbers and home ranges of our local hyena population, they

In the Fall of 2008, Defenders supporters in Montana helped keep noisy, polluting helicopters out of an area of northwestern Montana that "may be the single most important basin [watershed] for carnivores in the Rocky Mountains"

Africa's great cats and rare canines are losing ground in the conservation battle. Lions, leopards (pictured right), cheetahs, Ethiopian wolves and wild dogs play critical roles in African ecosystems, but their future is uncertain due to loss of habitat,

As the human population in Greater Yellowstone's valleys increases, the region's mountain chains are becoming the last linkage zones among core habitats for large carnivores. The Centennial Range along the Idaho-Montana border is one of the few east-west

About 30 residents of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties hold licenses from the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to keep as personal pets carnivores that include all wild felines with the exception of lions, tigers, leopards and

Humble dung beetles are evolving into carnivores, according to a study which found them attacking and eating millipedes 10 times their length. Scientists believe it is the first time the scavenger species, which usually feeds on balls of faeces, has been

Saving the tigers (and the environment) helps us all. Tigers are very smart, powerful and dangerous animals. They are the biggest cats on earth. The tiger is an apex predator and the top carnivore of the jungle (that used to cover a lot) in Bangladesh.

It wasn't surprising that Susan Bourette swore off meat. For four days, the Canadian journalist had worked carving the cheeks out of 20-pound hog heads on an undercover assignment at a pork processing plant in Manitoba. Everything about the experience

WCS began its Wild Dog initiatives in 2000 to study the dramatic decline in wild dog populations in Africa. The IUCN has added African wild dogs to the Red List of endangered species, deeming them one of the continent's most endangered carnivores.